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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1923

Page

3

Pella High School News Highlights And Events

School newspaper items recount basketball games with Sophomores beating Freshmen 25 to 2 and Juniors defeating Seniors 32 to 13. Many campus activities are noted, including class games, student jokes, art and dramatic preparations, a Holland movie, operettas, candy fund drives, and visits by college education students.

Miss Jewell Iowa City Miss Bailey Cedar Falls Manuel Miss Hafner Des Moines Butte Boone Derbyshire Jordan

High School Pep and Vacations Highlight Friday Events

Edna Van der Meer delivered a splendid vocal solo with Marion Frush on piccolo. Literary society meetings are set for Friday afternoon. Two vacation days rise Thursday and Friday. Students praise car decorations and school spirit in red and blue and gold displays. Miss Bonar leaves Wednesday for Thanksgiving. she will rest after coaching the play and prepares for the declamatory contest.

Edna van der Meer Marion Frush Altho Manuel Miss Bonar Fairfield

Senior play delights crowd with suspense and smiles

The Senior play drew a full house as two hours and a half of suspenseful scenes and lively music by the High School orchestra kept patrons engaged. The show ended with a curtain rise and lights out, while the seniors celebrated a profit of sixty five to seventy dollars and a plan for a six week typewriting contest between two student groups the Wild Cats and the Tigers led by Donald Waechter and Nina Gosselink with a party for the winning side.

Early Amy Donald Waechter Nina Gosselink Wild Cats Tigers

Local school and community notes from a Monday edition

The report covers a regular high school teachers meeting at the local high school, student remarks on anatomy and nutrition, agricultural labor reality, and school improvements. It notes heat saving patent window strips at the Lincoln building, a lively geometry class, and new English reference books in the library. Marguerite Kool visited Jeannette Van Gorp’s country home.

Marguerite Kool Jeannette van Gorp Lincoln

Miss Bonar Keeps Pupils Busy For Future

The six weeks exams are past and the marks linger. Some faces wear beams of happiness while a few appear dismayed as a grade slips below the fatal seventy five. A few days remain of anxious waiting until the cards are released.

Thanksgiving Break Follows by Holidays and Exams

The Senior Normal Training Girls note that the Thanksgiving vacation will soon be followed by Christmas and New Year’s, and then the fatal semester exams, with every day bringing them one day closer to the end of term.

Juniors Create Thanksgiving Booklets and Christmas Posters

Students in Mrs Richardson’s class decorate their room as the Boys and Girls make Thanksgiving booklets and Christmas posters, showcasing seasonal projects and school spirit.

Girl Reserve Meeting Reflects on Jesus Answers

The regular Girl Reserve meeting convened Monday at 4 05. Miss Firth explained how Jesus Christ has answered many ancient questions, yet thousands still seek answers, prompting reflection.

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